Behrend Men's Basketball Falls to Penn State Altoona

Courtesy of John Leisering

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball dropped a 65-59 decision to Penn State Altoona in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday afternoon.

Score: Penn State Altoona 65, Penn State Behrend 59
Records: Penn State Behrend (8-9, 3-3 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (9-7, 5-1 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* Altoona started the game on an 11-0 run in the first four minutes
* Matt McDonough (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) h hit a triple at 14:55 to get Behrend on the scoreboard
* Behrend continued to chip away and took its first 17-16 with 10 minutes to play in the half
* After a 25-all deadlock at 5:23, the home team scored 11 of the contest's next 19 markers to lead 36-33 at intermission
* McDonough led Behrend with nine points in the half while Austin Ryan (Moon Township, PA/Moon) and Stefan Milinkovic (Fairport, NY/Fairport) chipped in with eight apiece
* Behrend nailed six triples in the first 20 minutes but went 1-for-16 in the second half from long range
* The game remained tight in the second stanza with Milinkovic scoring seven more points in the first ten minutes
* Trailing 48-47, Altoona went on a 9-0 run - getting five successive points from non-starter Jahmar While in the process - to take a 56-48 advantage
* Altoona never trailed again and Behrend cut the lead to four, 63-59 with 31 seconds left
* The Altoona Lions have now won four straight and snapped a three-game losing streak to Behrend
* Milinkovic finished with a season high 18 points
* Tommy DiRienzo (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) followed with 17
* Altoona showed four players in double figures.

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action Wednesday night against conference-rival Alfred State. Game time is set for 7 p.m.